This section contains requirements and recommendations for managed systems.
Operating systems
Windows managed systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise for x86 and x64 (32-bit mode)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Standard or Enterprise Core for x86 and x64 (32-bit mode)
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, Datacenter Core, Web Edition, and for Itanium-based systems
Microsoft Windows Server(TM) 2003 R2 Standard or Enterprise for x86 with Service Pack 2 and x64
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 DataCenter with Service Pack 1 or later
Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard with Service Pack 1 or later
Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard for x64 with Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard and Enterprise for x86 and x64 with Service Pack 2
Microsoft Windows 2003 Web Edition for x86 with Service Pack 1 or later
Microsoft Windows 2003 Small-Medium Business for x86 with Service Pack 1 or later
Microsoft Windows 2003 SMB Business for x86
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter for x86
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 1 or later for x86
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server with Service Pack 4 for x86
Microsoft Windows NT4 with Service Pack 6
Microsoft Windows Vista Client
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 1or later
Microsoft Windows Virtual Server
VMware ESX v3.0.01 or later running guest on x86
Integrity Virtual Machine for Windows running guest on Windows
Note: Operating systems with only IPX enabled are not identified by an HP-UX or Linux CMS.
HP-UX managed systems
HP-UX 11i v2 Update 2 (IA/PA)
Integrity Virtual Machine HP-UX running guest on HP-UX 11i v2 and v3
Linux managed systems
Red Hat Linux 7.3 Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for x86 with Update 1, AMD64 and EM64T with Update 1, and Itanium-based systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 x86 with Update 6, AMD64 and EM64T with Update 6, and Itanium-based systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 x86 with Update 9, AMD64 and EM64T with Update 9, and Itanium-based systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86, AMD64 and EM64T with Service Pack 1, and Itanium-based systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for x86 with Service Pack 4, AMD64 and EM64T with Service Pack 4, and Itanium-based systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for United Linux 1.0 and Itanium-based systems
Integrity Virtual Machine Linux running guest on Linux
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Novell managed systems
SUN managed systems
IBM managed systems
HP managed systems
Hardware
For HP-UX:
Any HP Itanium®-based system
For Windows:
For Linux:
Any HP Itanium-based system
Software
This software is not required, but if you want improved management capabilities, HP recommends that you install these components.
For Windows:
ProLiant Support Pack 6.30 or later
SNMP (recommended as an alternative to WBEM)
WBEM (for Integrity systems only)
This software is not required, but if you want improved HP SIM capabilities, HP recommends that you install these components, which can be purchased or downloaded from many software suppliers:
Required web browsers
For Windows:
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (with Service Pack 2) or later
Note: For optimum performance, the minimum resolution for the browser should be 1024 x 768.
For HP-UX:
For Linux:
Note: For all Internet Explorer browsers, you must have the SSL 3.0 or TLS 1.0 browser security options enabled for HP SIM to work properly.
Managed storage system
To view the latest information regarding HP SIM support for a particular storage system, including Fibre Channel disk arrays, switches, tape libraries, or hosts (with Fibre Channel host bus adapters), see the HP SIM SMI-S Provider web page at
http://www.hp.com/go/hpsim/providers.
This webpage also offers information on obtaining and installing SMI-S providers.
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